What Designers Know

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Each chapter deals with a different technique from which we can best represent and make explicit the forms of knowledge used by designers. The book explores whether design knowledge is special, and attempts to get to the root of where design knowledge comes from. Crucially, it focuses on how designers use drawings in communicating their ideas and how they ‘converse’ with them as their designs develop. It also shows how experienced designers use knowledge differently to novices suggesting that design ‘expertise’ can be developed. Overall, this book builds a layout of the kinds of skill, knowledge and understanding that make up what we call designing.

"Learn to integrate traditional hand-drawing with digital techniques to expand your creative process. Hybrid Drawing has step-by-step demonstrations from a many different artists, architects, and students to show you how to exploit the strengths of each approach while compensating for any limitations. First you'll learn hand-sketching, perspective drawing, and the pros and cons of freehand drawings versus hardline, or computer, drawings. Next you'll cover the basics of creating drawings in CAD, 3D modeling software, and Photoshop, and learn methods to organize tools, store files, and print. After you've covered hybrid perspective drawings in-depth, advanced concepts, such as how to compose an image, how to use color, and how to include reflected light will give your drawings a professional polish. A companion website has copyright-free images for download, such as tonal patterns, watercolor fields, people, trees, and skies"--